High Stakes NFL Showdown: Lions vs Vikings for NFC No.1 Seed

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00:00And it was on Monday, the second to last day of 2024,

00:04that we witnessed certainly some good football,

00:06both college and pro.

00:08And we didn't expect it might be a good game,

00:11a meaningless game on Monday night down in Santa Clara

00:14at Levi's Stadium between the San Francisco 49ers

00:17and the Detroit Lions.

00:18But it turned out to really be a dandy.

00:21And of course, speaking of dandy, Dan Campbell,

00:24a dandy indeed.

00:26You gotta love this guy.

00:27He didn't need to play his starters.

00:30This game was relatively meaningless.

00:32It didn't mean positioning as far as seeding.

00:35That game, of course, will come this Sunday night,

00:37the final game of the 2024 regular season in the NFL

00:42will be a biggie.

00:43The Detroit Lions taking on the Minnesota Vikings

00:46at Ford Field in Detroit,

00:47and that will be for the number one seed in the NFC.

00:51The 49ers have been eliminated from the playoffs,

00:55so the game meant nothing to them,

00:56but the Detroit Lions come away with a victory

00:59and a cover, 40 to 34, your final.

01:03This was really a back and forth affair.

01:05Maybe that defense, something to be concerned about

01:08for the Detroit Lions going forward.

01:10Of course, a lot of injuries on that defense.

01:13This was once the most powerful team in the NFL,

01:16but they have been hampered by injuries as of late.

01:18We'll see if they can make that patchwork necessary

01:22that they need to improve before that meeting

01:25with the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night.

01:27But a great game, certainly at Levi's Stadium.

01:29The game sails over the total.

01:31Again, 40 to 34, your final.

01:33The Lions cover as three and a half,

01:36even as high as four and a half point favorites

01:38prior to kick.

01:39And after the game, they asked Coach Campbell

01:42about the decision that he had to make

01:44about resting the starters or going for broke here

01:47and playing everybody as per normal.

01:49And, you know, Dan Campbell is that aggressive guy,

01:52but he said he had to mull over this decision

01:55for a while heading in.

01:56I thought a lot about it, you know,

01:58I thought about it leading up to the game.

01:59I thought about it last night.

02:00I told the staff, but I ended up settling on

02:05the right thing to do was play these guys.

02:07And because we owed it to the team, you know,

02:11and it was just one of those positions we were in.

02:16It's just hard to say who you're gonna sit.

02:18And it's not fair to ask guys to play

02:22that haven't been prepared to play, you know?

02:24So, yeah, that was tough.

02:27And I think the biggest thing is there was things

02:30we wanted to do better than we did last week.

02:33And we did, we cleaned a lot of things up offensively.

02:36I thought defensively, we talked about getting takeaways,

02:38we got takeaways.

02:39And so that'll always serve you well

02:42going into the next week.

02:43And look, there was never gonna be anything, you know,

02:47we knew what this is.

02:48You're out on the West Coast, you go, man, it's all good.

02:51That's what we do.

02:52You know what I mean?

02:53That's what we do.

02:54Like we love it hard and this is our deal right now.

02:58So we're looking forward to this,

03:00everything about this week.

03:03This is what we do and we love it hard.

03:05Dan Campbell, you gotta love them.

03:06They win and they will take on again,

03:09the Minnesota Vikings this Sunday.

03:10The final game of the 2024 regular season

03:13will be for all the marbles in the NFC Minnesota,

03:17really a surprise team this year.

03:19And, you know, hats off to them,

03:20no matter what happens on Sunday,

03:22an incredible season for their coach,

03:24Kevin O'Connell and company,

03:25and equally so for Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions.

03:29Kyle Shanahan on the losing end,

03:31head coach of the San Francisco 49ers.

03:33I mentioned that they have been eliminated

03:36from the playoffs for a couple of weeks now.

03:38So how does he prepare his team?

03:40And it's the Monday night spotlight.

03:42We understand that, but Kyle said, you know,

03:44we treat it as any other contest.

03:47Try to approach the same way we approach every game,

03:49try our hardest to win and try to play our best.

03:52I thought the guys played real hard.

03:53I thought they competed,

03:54had about every chance to beat

03:56a real good football team there.

03:59Obviously not everything was perfect.

04:02And I thought, you know,

04:03we weren't able to slow them down enough on defense.

04:06It's a real good offense,

04:07but still thought we should slow them down

04:09a little bit more.

04:11Thought the difference in the game though was,

04:13you know, and then obviously the type of game it was,

04:15they'd been in a number of those games this year,

04:18but we had to win it in a shootout.

04:20And I thought the difference was our two turnovers

04:24and getting none.

04:25Once that happened, it kind of,

04:27that's why you end up losing by one score.

04:29Shanahan was also asked about his struggling place kicker,

04:33Jake Moody, who missed two field goals on Monday night

04:37and an extra point.

04:38I believe it was 10 out of his last 17 field goals

04:42had been made.

04:43And I don't think that counted the last one.

04:45I heard that during the broadcast.

04:47I believe it was Joe Buck mentioned that.

04:49So a real struggle for a guy that was a third round pick

04:52out of Michigan who they had high hopes for.

04:55He was asked if they will be evaluating

04:57the kicker position in the off season.

05:00He said, yes, we're evaluating all positions,

05:02but it'll be interesting to see if Jake Moody

05:04is a San Francisco 49er going forward.

05:07There was some, you know, insult to injury, if you will,

05:12for the San Francisco 49ers

05:14for their star quarterback, Brock Purdy.

05:16Of course, he had surgery in the off season

05:19on that elbow, on the throwing arm,

05:21and suffered a bit of a nick to that same arm

05:25with a sack towards the end of the game on Monday night.

05:29And Purdy talked about that, said, you know,

05:31he's not really sure if it's anything serious or not,

05:34but not feeling so great after re-injuring,

05:37possibly, this arm again on Monday against the Lions.

05:40Any indication about the status of your elbow?

05:43Nothing right now.

05:45We're gonna get an MRI tomorrow and see, so.

05:47Is it a concern to you at this point?

05:49I mean, it doesn't feel the best,

05:50but just leave it at that.

05:53So we'll see you tomorrow.

05:54Can you describe what happened?

05:57On that sack, I got hit on the backside,

06:00and yeah, basically just my arm was on fire kind of thing.

06:04And so I tried throwing a couple on the sideline

06:08and I couldn't at that point.

06:09So yeah, it has nothing to do with tapping out of the game

06:13or anything like that.

06:15Love my teammates and I'll go to the very end for them

06:18and this fan base and everybody.

06:19So that's what hurts me is like,

06:22I couldn't finish the game.

06:23But again, we'll see tomorrow.

06:27Speculation now looms if Purdy will start

06:30the final game of the season here in week 18.

06:33Of course, he has a big contract to negotiate

06:36in the off season.

06:37We'll see if he gets that top quarterback money.

06:39That's really a decision the San Francisco 49ers

06:43have to make going forward with their quarterback.

06:46The final player drafted in the draft a few years back,

06:49Brock Purdy, amazing where his career has come.

06:52Now decision time for San Francisco

06:54if they're going to pay him the big time bucks.

06:57Other news in the NFL,

06:59the New York Jets looking for their next coach.

07:02Of course, Jeff Olbrich, a former San Francisco 49er,

07:05an interim coach there filling in for Robert Sala.

07:10And now they look to make a permanent move here

07:12and both Ron Rivera and apparently Rex Ryan,

07:16our candidates.

07:16Of course, Ryan coached the Jets formerly

07:19and Ron Rivera, his latest stint

07:21with the Washington Commanders.

07:23So two names out there currently,

07:25apparently interviewing or being considered

07:27by the New York Jets to be their new head coach in 2025.

07:32Not good news for these athletes

07:34and their homes being burglarized.

07:37Apparently this is becoming more of a thing.

07:39We heard about it with Joe Burrow,

07:41the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback,

07:43Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelsey,

07:45the Kansas City Chiefs duo.

07:47Apparently their homes have been burglarized as well.

07:50And now the latest moving over into the NBA,

07:53Luka Doncic home was burglarized recently here,

07:56Dallas police reporting that.

07:59So tough news there.

08:00The FBI now getting involved.

08:02Apparently some organized crimes possibly

08:04out of South America getting involved in this thing.

08:07And they warn these spouses, girlfriends,

08:09what have you of these athletes

08:11while they're playing their games,

08:12not to go on social media and tell your friends

08:14that the home is not occupied.

08:17But we will see where that goes going forward.

08:20Also some college football news,

08:22Missouri beat Iowa in the Music City Bowl on Monday, 27-24.

08:28Missouri covered as a one and a half point favorite

08:31and that game sailed over the total of 41 and a half.

08:35The Tigers finished the season at 10 and three

08:38and the Iowa Hawkeyes finished the season at eight and five.

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